Thursday, April 11, 2019

Build Your Own Vampire Project - Period 8 Team Type A+

Team: Type A+        Period: 8

Team Members:  Linus Chiu, Terry Lau, Benny Fong, Ming Ye, Raeceen Deer, Xin Chan

Vampire’s Ethnicity:
A black French man, born in Paris.
His name is Adrien Bordeaux.
He has acquired heterochromia iridium from the trauma he suffered before and is gay
but cannot feed on men.
Justification:
The name Adrien is a popular French male name and Bordeaux is the French
word for maroon, a dark red that in certain shades could be reminiscent of blood.
His ethnicity is loosely inspired by the comic book character Blade, a black half-breed
vampire hunter. At one point in the comics, he tracks the Marvel version of Dracula to
Paris, inspiring the placement of this vampire’s birth in Paris. Acquired heterochromia
iridium comes from hemosiderosis, which can be contracted
after immense trauma to the eye.
Citations:
“Eric Brooks (Earth-616).” Marvel Database, https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Eric_Brooks_(Earth- 616)
“Heterochromia.” American Academy of Ophthalmology, 5 Jan. 2018, https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/what-is-heterochromia


Vampire’s Abilities:

Immortality, Enhanced Endurance/Senses
Strength/Speed, Shapeshifting
Use of magic spells
Justification:
These abilities were from the main antagonist in the Castlevania series, Dracula, as well as vampires from  Hellsing. These abilities allow the vampire to hunt for humans to feed on as well as escape easily. Vampires are described to be 20 times stronger when resurrected and can regenerate/heal themselves. However, these abilities can be diminished if the vampire gets hungry.
Citations:
“Dracula/Abilities.” Castlevania Wiki, https://castlevania.fandom.com/wiki/Dracula/Abilities
“Vampire.” Hellsing Wiki, https://hellsing.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire#Abilities


Vampire’s Weakness(es):

Exposure to sunlight
Drinking the blood of the dead
Drinking the blood of people with blood diseases
Needs an invitation in order to enter someone’s house
Decapitation
Justification:
Even though stepping into the sunlight wouldn’t instantly kill him, being in the sun for a long period of time will cause his skin to burn.
By drinking “dead blood”, he can effectively take his victim’s death into himself.
Drinking the blood of victims with blood diseases will weaken them.
Vampires pretend weak and innocent so they can get formally invited into the house by the owner.
Cutting off a vampire’s head prevents them from resurrecting and healing.
Citations:
“Sunlight.” The Vampire Diaries Wiki, vampirediaries.fandom.com/wiki/Sunlight. https://vampirediaries.fandom.com/wiki/Sunlight/
“Vampire.” The Vampire Chronicles Wiki, vampirechronicles.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire. https://vampirechronicles.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire
“Vampire.” True Blood Wiki, trueblood.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire. https://trueblood.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire
“Must Be Invited.” TV Tropes, tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MustBeInvited?from=Main.VampireInvitation. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MustBeInvited?from=Main.VampireInvitation
“Decapitation.” Supernatural Wiki, supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Decapitation. https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Decapitation


Vampire’s Reproduction:
Can turn people into vampires with a bite.
Can not conceive a child because they physically can’t have sex. They can only turn other humans into vampires.
Finds it hard to be gay and not feed on males. Instead, he can only turn females into vampires if he wanted to.
Justification:
The Vampire King from Adventure Time was able to turn humans and animals into vampires by biting them.
The hearts of vampires do not beat, meaning he has no pump to pump the blood to get an erection.
Citations:
“Vampires.” Adventure Time Wiki, adventuretime.fandom.com/wiki/Vampires. https://adventuretime.fandom.com/wiki/Vampires
“The Reproductive Biology of Vampires.” How Animals Do It, 1 Nov. 2011, howanimalsdoit.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-reproductive-biology-of-vampires/.
https://howanimalsdoit.wordpress.com/2011/11/01/the-reproductive-biology-of-vampires/


Vampire’s Camouflage:
Can instantly transform into a versatile bat, mostly used during the night.
Able to turn into a mist or a fog.
Can take on the voice and form of another person.
The vampire’s shapeshifting ability allows him to feed without showing a “game face”,
an appearance often shown on bloodthirsty vampires.
Justification:
Vampire Bats, which were named due to the popularized “vampires”, is known to suck blood from their prey. They usually hunt at night where vision is not ideal. This ability to shapeshift into bats helps the vampire camouflage and hunt better at night. Count Dracula inhibits many of these abilities and he is well known for shapeshifting into a bat.
Being able to turn into a fog and mist allows him to dodge attacks. Being able to hide his “game face” helps Adrien blend into society and makes it easier for him to attract his prey.
Citations:
Codling, Phoebe. “The Great Projects.” Why Are Bats Associated With Vampires? | The Great Projects, 27 Oct. 2017, www.thegreatprojects.com/blog/bats-associated-with-vampires.
https://www.thegreatprojects.com/blog/bats-associated-with-vampires
Holyrood, Anton McGarvey. “Count Dracula.” Unnatural World Wiki, unnaturalworld.fandom.com/wiki/
Count_Dracula.


Vampire’s Home:
Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Inside a mansion that’s high above the hills on the outskirts of town)
Justification:
Montreal is one of the biggest hubs for French culture and is like a home away from home to someone from France itself. It also incorporates the language into everything it has. Most stores are in French, most workers speak French, most people speak some form of French. It would be the perfect place to feel comfortable after fleeing from home.
Montreal has a large population, 1.7 million, so there is a lot of blood for Adrien to suck.
Our vampire lives in a mansion, big enough for him to store bodies and blood bags.
Citations:
“Dracula's House.” Hotel Transylvania Wiki, https://hoteltransylvania.fandom.com/wiki/Dracula's_House
“Vampire.” Rick and Morty Wiki, https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Vampire
“Salvatore Boarding House.” The Vampire Diaries Wiki, https://vampirediaries.fandom.com/wiki/Salvatore_Boarding_House


Vampire’s Preferences:
Volunteers at Red Cross blood donation looking for golden blood. It is the rarest type of blood and it is on his bucket list.
Loves jelly donuts: he can pretend to suck out the blood but jelly instead
He hates Halloween: He is traumatized...
Incubus: Frequent visits to nightclubs to satisfy his Sinful lust. Therefore he cannot maintain a strong long
lasting relationship. Ruthless murders go unexplained when he travels to New Orleans. “Golden Blood”:
Volunteers at Red Cross blood donation looking for golden blood. It is the rarest type of blood and it is on
his bucket list to potentially find someone with it.
Justification:
The French are known to be such lovers and as explained in "Bonjour! French Vampire Mythology and Sightings", these French vampires can be an Incubi. In other words, they were "energy vampires" that preyed on women's sexual and physical energy at night.
The Golden Blood is the world's rarest blood type. There have only been 43 cases in which golden blood types were diagnosed making this a possible delicacy for Adrien.
Citations:
“Bonjour! French Vampire Mythology and Sightings.” Deadly Ever After, 3 Jan. 2013, deadlyeverafter.com/2012/08/21/bonjour-french-vampire-mythology-and-sightings/.
Dickinson, Kevin. “Golden Blood: The Rarest Blood in the World.” Big Think, Big Think, 25 Feb. 2019,                bigthink.com/surprising-science/golden-blood.

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